The Barbados Defence Force Sports Program (BDFSP) is the sporting arm of the Barbados Defence Force

Barbados Defence Force

The Barbados Defence Force is the name given to the combined armed forces of Barbados. The BDF was established August 15, 1979, and has responsibility for the territorial defence and internal security of the island. The headquarters for the Barbados Defence Force are located in the St...

. BDFSP recruits and trains athletes in five disciplines; football, cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, athletics and boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. The program provides an opportunity for talented Barbadian athletes to concentrate on their chosen sport.

BDFSP enter teams in the Barbados national competitions in both football and cricket.

Cricket

BDFSP is a cricket team that competes in the Barbados Cricket Association

Barbados Cricket Association

The Barbados Cricket Association is the ruling body for cricket in Barbados. The BCA was sstablished in 1933 by an Act of Parliament to replace the Barbados Cricket Challenge Cup Committee, which had administered Barbadian cricket since its formation in 1892...

 Division 1 competition. The team was promoted to Division 1 for 2011, after having been relegated to the Upper Intermediate Division for the 2010 season. BDFSP have never won the Division 1 championship.

Notable cricketers to have played for BDFSP include Tino Best

Tino Best

Tino la Bertram Best is a West Indian cricketer.Short in stature, Tino Best is a fast and aggressive bowler with a bowling average of 48.67 in Test cricket....

.

Football

Barbados Defence Force SC is a Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in Paragon in the parish of Christ Church.

They play their home games in the town of Bridgetown

Bridgetown

The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

, in the Barbados' first division, the Barbados Premier Division.

Achievements

• Barbados Premier Division: 2

1995, 2007

• Barbados FA Cup
  Barbados FA Cup
  The Barbados FA Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Barbado football.-Winners:*1910 : Kensington Rovers*1911 : Kensington Rovers*1912 : Kensington Rovers and Harrison College *1913 : Harrison College*1914 : Kensington Rovers...
  
  : 1

1994

• Barbados Super 8 Cup: 1

2008

Current squad

2009 season

• Squad retrieved from Nation News.com